The Kidney in Liver Disease.

Abstract

Serious students—or those who aspire to be—of the kidney and the liver, should either own, or have easy access to, this fine book. It is both a worthwhile manual and an exciting encyclopedia of the kidney in liver disease.

The book consists of a prologue and eight sections: an overview of volume regulation, clinical disorders of renal function, ascites, experimental models in liver disease, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, hormonal alterations other than renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, nonendocrine alterations and their possible pathogenetic role, and therapies. Each section comprises one to nine chapters, all written by appropriate authors. Some of the authors are better writers than others,